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words definitions
medical words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aka | above-knee amputation |
| BKA | below-knee amputation |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |
| Fx | fracture |
| LS | lumbosacral |
| ORIF | open reduction internal fixation |
| PROM | passive range of motion |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| RF | rheumatoid factor |
| ROM | range of motion |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
| TX, TX | traction |
| WORDS DEFINITIONS | |
| appendicular skeleto: | The bones that form the limbs or extremities of the body. |
| axial skeleto: | The bones of the skull, rib cage, and spinal column; the bones that form the trunk of the body. |
| carpals: | Bone of the wrist. |
| clasicles: | Collarbone. |
| cranium: | Part of the skull; the eight bones of the head that enclose the brain. |
| diaphysis: | The shaft, or middle section og a long bone. |
| endosteum: | Membrane lining the medullary canal of a bpne. |
| epiphysis: | The end or head at the extremity of a long bone. |
| femur: | The bone of the leg; the longest and strongest bone in the body. |
| fibula: | Outer bone of the lower leg. |
| fontanels: | Allow for the enelargement of the skull as brain groath occurs. |
| foramina: | A passage or opening; a hole in a bone through which blood vesseles or nerves pass. |
| humerus: | Long bone of the upper arm. |
| joints: | An articulation, or area where two bones meet or join. |
| ligaments: | Fibrous tissue that connects bones to bones. |
| medullary canal: | Inner or central, portion of a long bone. |
| metacarapals: | Bone of the hand between the wrist and each finger. |
| metatarsals: | Bone of the foot between the instep and each toe. |
| os coxae: | The hipbone; formed by the union of the ilium, ischium, and pubis. |
| patella: | The kneecap. |
| periosteum: | Fibrous membrane that couers the bones exept at joint areas. |
| phalanges: | Bones of the fingers and toes. |
| radius: | Long bone of the forearm, between the wrist and elbaw. |
| red marrow: | Soft tissue in the epiphyses of long bones. |
| ribs: | Also called costae, twels pairs of norrow, curved bones that surroud yhe thoracic cavity. |
| scapula: | Shoulder blade or bone. |
| sinuses: | Cavity or air space in a bone. |
| skeletal system: | Is made of organs called bones. |
| sterum: | Breastbone. |
| sutures: | Surgical stitch used to join the edges of an incision or wound; also, an area where bones join or fuse thogether. |
| tarsals: | One of seven bones that form the instep of the foot. |
| tibia: | Inner and large bone of the lower leg between the knee and ankle. |
| ulna: | Long bone in the forearm, between the wrist and elbow. |
| vertebrae: | Bones of the spinal column. |
| yellow marrow: | Soft tissue in the diaphyses of long bones. |
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